psaltriparus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An American genus of Paridæ, containing several species of diminutive tits, with long tails, building very large pensile nests and laying pure-white eggs; the bush-tits. P. melanotis, P. minimus, and P. plumbeus are three species found in western parts of the United States, respectively known as the black-eared, least, and plumbeous bush-tit. See cut under bush-lit.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a genus of Paridae